Plainfield Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: Best wishes, Mayor PradelFeb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Warm thoughts for a speedy recovery for Naperville Mayor George Pradel, who suffered a heart attack this week. It's nobody's fault: Irwin Allen would have slept t...
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Guy who 'gets it' says we have ourselves to blameFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - It's not every day a reporter walks into my office with high praise for a just-interviewed source. Something close to that occurred after staff writer Jake Griffin talke...
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A champion to preserve open spaceJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Roger Kotecki has been endorsed by the Sierra Club for DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioner for District 6. He has been a champion for open space, which provides c...
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Clarifying remarks on COD teachersDec 25, 2009 10:00 pm - In the Dec. 12 edition of the Daily Herald, I was quoted in an article about the College of DuPage English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and complaints voiced the n...
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Saturday SoapboxSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Bed of nails: We normally don't recommend lying between two beds of nails, putting a cinder block over your chest and having someone whack you with a sledgehammer. But ...
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Community colleges need your supportSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - I write to you as a member of the College of DuPage board of trustees and also as a recent COD graduate. More than 40 years after many community colleges opened, these ...
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Saturday SoapboxSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Top-notch education: We offer congrats to five local schools that received the Department of Education's Blue Ribbon award: Windsor Elementary in Arlington Heights, St. ...
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District 200: Reverse your decisionSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - What follows is a message I sent to the Superintendent Wheaton Warrenville District 200. Dr. Drury, I received my phone call today informing me that District 200 school...
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Others should follow Torres' exampleJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When Superintendent Jose Torres turned down an $8,140 pay raise and encouraged other Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators to do the same, maybe he was leading ...
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Phones a problem? Enforce the rules.Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It's unlikely that any of the provisions listed in the June 9 article titled, "(Indian Prairie) Dist. 204 bans file-sharing devices from its schools," will be successful...